Abstract Nature / Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on my Head

After a few weeks of unprecedented sunshine and warm temperatures in locked-down London it’s become more typically cloudy and rainy. Yesterday I was walking back home after doing some exercise on Hampstead Heath. It had been raining; my trainers were soaked and annoyingly my mind persisted in recalling Sacha Distel’s version of Raindrops Keep Fallin’ … Read more

Leafy Walls and Abstract Photography

Yesterday was a glorious autumnal day in London and I decided to walk through Hampstead Heath and then get the tube from Belsize Park. On my way to the station I saw a red fringed throw hanging out a window, reminiscent of red flag on May Day. The throw was framed by green ivy which … Read more

Seeing Via Wing & Rear View Mirrors

Yesterday on my way home I saw a leafy tree reflected in a scooter’s wing mirror.  I liked the surreal, abstract quality of this image of my neighbourhood street so I stopped to try and capture what I saw with my iPhone: I started recalling other images I’d taken involving vehicle mirrors and remembered a … Read more

Signs of Spring so far

Weather-wise It’s been a cold March and miserable, rainy and dull early April. I can hear the wind howl as I write this post. This was the scene on a waterlogged Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath on April 1st : The following photograph looks as if it were taken in black and white – it was … Read more

Life in Death: Emerging from Winter to Encounters with Buds & Florals

The other Thursday the weather was crisp and dry so I decided to seize the day and pop into Kew Gardens.  Here are a series of pictures I took of buds against the dappled light; I think they are pussy willows:     Here’s a landscape format version where the diagonals suggest to me a … Read more

Monochromatic days taken in colour

I haven’t seen much of the sun these last few days in London. This week I went to the Tate Modern to immerse myself in some of Modigliani’s deep, richly coloured oil paintings which were a well-needed contrast to the quasi-monochromatic tone of the day.  Before I entered the gallery I caught a welcome splash … Read more

George Michael’s Memorial Garden in Winter

December 25, 2017 – Christmas Day – marks one year since singer George Michael died. A few days ago I went to visit his memorial garden in Highgate which is in a small green outside his former home. I had visited this garden at the height of autumn and was curious to see it in … Read more

Beauty in Regents Park

I popped into London’s Regents Park this week and took some photographs. One of the blooms that really caught my eye was the wisteria in Queen Mary’s Garden which had the cascading waterfall behind it: I also liked the ferns – I think I’m more aware of their graphic quality now having seen Karl Blossfeldt’s … Read more

Glow

In the last few months I’ve been increasingly drawn to looking at the way the sun illuminates objects, noticing light and shade. Maybe this is because I’ve been regularly life drawing and painting, in natural light when possible. There’s also a desire to seize the warmth and colour of sunlight, to balance out the grey, … Read more

the eyes have it …

Here are some photos I’ve taken that combine graffiti or advertising imagery with an outdoor natural setting. The faces all have striking blue or green eyes. The first two images were shot in Ibiza:   A surreal distortion – I think I saw this in London’s Westbourne Grove during carnival: The photo below was taken … Read more